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Re: Can neutrinos travel through black holes?

Date: Sat Jul 4 05:52:41 2009
Posted By: Phillip Henry, Staff, Physics, Lockheed Martin & Florida Tech
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1244875850.As
Message:

Thank you Bishant, an excellant question.

Neutrinos are weakly (very weakly) interacting particles. However they do interact with matter. Beyond the event horizon of a black hole, neutrinos would be trapped on an eternal orbit to a virtually infinite density core.

That said, neutrinos likely are produced in copious amounts in the events which lead up to the formation of black holes and neutron stars. However there is little hope for anything unfortunate enough to pass beyond the event horizon of a black hole, although there have been some scientific speculation about special cases of black holes which might permit such. From what we know currently, once any matter or energy passes the event horizon of a black hole, it is trapped in twisting space and time - unable to escape and on course for the virtually infinite density core. However, by its very nature, science can only see to the vicinity of the event horizon. The nature of the interior and core is only slowing being revealed in theory.

http://www.ps.uci.edu/~superk/neutrino.html

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1497

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/11/011106084012.htm

http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/ NumRel/BlackHoleAnat.html


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